Definition

Screening is looking for cancer before a person has any symptoms. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers to affect men.

Criteria

• Male

• 50 years & over

• Family history of prostate cancer

Why screen?

This can help find cancer at an early stage. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found early, it may be easier to treat. By the time symptoms appear, cancer may have begun to spread.

Benefits of screening

Benefits of prostate cancer screening may include the followings;

1. Early diagnosis

2. Better prognosis

3. Better quality of life

4. Will cost less

Screening tools

• Clinical history taking: age, race, family history, diet.

• Physical examination: general examination & digital rectal examination

• Prostate Specific Antigen Test: It’s a protein produced by both cancerous (malignant) and noncancerous (benign) prostate tissue.

Treatment

Prostate cancer screening can help identify cancer early, when treatment is most effective. And a normal PSA test, combined with a digital rectal exam, can help reassure you that it's unlikely you have prostate cancer. Various treatment modalities exist. Treatment depends on the staging of the prostate cancer disease. Single or combination therapies can be used in different situations.

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